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There's an old interview online with Muddy Waters talking about his popularity with young white people who got to know him through his influence on the Rolling Stones. It's about 1970 or thereabouts. Lines of young white kids lining up to see him. A little more than six minutes, worth a watch.
At the end of the interview, Muddy Waters is asked if the white kids who listen to him could learn to play like him. He laughs and says, "Oh no, they ain't got enough soul, they ain't seen enough hard times."
I don’t think that’s what The Rolling Stones were trying to do. Also they did more than anyone to keep his music alive.
Yes there is. Look it up. Both spellings are accepted.
I go by the Associated Press style guide. Not accepted. It is a lazy misspelling of "whoa" by people on message boards and social media. They are homonyms that actually share the same meaning, so why change the spelling?
There's an old interview online with Muddy Waters talking about his popularity with young white people who got to know him through his influence on the Rolling Stones. It's about 1970 or thereabouts. Lines of young white kids lining up to see him. A little more than six minutes, worth a watch.
At the end of the interview, Muddy Waters is asked if the white kids who listen to him could learn to play like him. He laughs and says, "Oh no, they ain't got enough soul, they ain't seen enough hard times."
Hmm, that's not the video I thought I was embedding.
I go by the Associated Press style guide. Not accepted. It is a lazy misspelling of "whoa" by people on message boards and social media. They are homonyms that actually share the same meaning, so why change the spelling?
I personally don’t know any affluent people who listen to music like that. Maybe it’s because I don’t hang around with those types.
Usually, the people I see blasting rap music from their cars are from the shadier part of town. They are not usually the school valedictorian.
My husband and I do pretty well (I'm a paralegal and he's a tech architect) and both of us enjoy listening to rap (along with other music genres). Especially 90s West Coast rap. I even listen to Japanese Rap.
And there are many others like us too.
There was a Snoop Dogg concert in my city, and I'd wager over half of the attendees were white and they were not working class.
At this point, rap's popularity extends way beyond inner cities, socioeconomic status, and the US.
As two middle aged people, we don't blast our music though, lol.
My husband and I do pretty well (I'm a paralegal and he's a tech architect) and both of us enjoy listening to rap (along with other music genres). Especially 90s West Coast rap. I even listen to Japanese Rap.
And there are many others like us too.
There was a Snoop Dogg concert in my city, and I'd wager over half of the attendees were white and they were not working class.
At this point, rap's popularity extends way beyond inner cities, socioeconomic status, and the US.
As two middle aged people, we don't blast our music though, lol.
People are overlooking the religious/Christian messages you can find in rap music from artists like the late DMX, as well as "struggle" rap. I find it very inspirational.
My husband and I do pretty well (I'm a paralegal and he's a tech architect) and both of us enjoy listening to rap (along with other music genres). Especially 90s West Coast rap. I even listen to Japanese Rap.
And there are many others like us too.
After this year's Super Bowl halftime show, my largely white, middle class, suburban GenX friend group was almost universally, "That was amazing!"
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